Summary The leader of leftist opposition accused conservative prime minister of ordering illegal wiretaps
SKOPJE, Macedonia: (AP) - The leader of Macedonia s leftist opposition has accused the conservative prime minister of ordering illegal wiretaps of his closest aides: the finance minister and interior minister.
Zoran Zaev, who heads the Social-Democratic Alliance for Macedonia, published excerpts Monday of alleged conversations he says were recorded illegally between Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski and Interior Minister Gordana Jankulovska.
The two appear to complain about spending cuts ordered by Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
Zaev has accused Gruevski of illegally wiretapping more than 20,000 people, including politicians, judges, journalists, police, religious leaders and foreign ambassadors. Gruevski has rejected the claims and has accused Zaev of plotting a coup.
The government didn t immediately respond to Zaev s allegations.
